A collaborator from Kharkiv region was sentenced to 13 years behind bars
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A 31-year-old Kharkiv resident was sentenced to 13 years for aiding Russian troops by helping to create a "law enforcement system" during the occupation of Balakliya.
A man who collaborated with Russians during the occupation of Kharkiv region was sentenced to 13 years in prison. This was reported by the Kharkiv Regional Prosecutor's Office, UNN reports.
Details
Prosecutors proved that during the occupation of Balakliya, a local resident helped the enemy build a "law enforcement system" without having any experience in this area.
The court found a 31-year-old man guilty of collaboration (part 7 of Article 111-1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine), following the public prosecution by prosecutors of the Izium District Prosecutor's Office in Kharkiv region
In court, the collaborator did not admit his guilt. According to the collaborator, he simply worked for a "security firm".
Addendum
Investigators found out that in the summer of the year he voluntarily took the position of a "fighter of a special rapid response unit" in a pseudo-law enforcement agency.
In particular, the collaborator guarded warehouses with Russian humanitarian aid and administrative buildings and "leaked" information to Russian military personnel about local residents with a pro-Ukrainian position and those with relatives serving in the Armed Forces.
The guilty verdict was handed down by the Kominternovsky District Court of Kharkiv. The man was sentenced to 13 years in prison with the deprivation of the right to hold positions in judicial and law enforcement agencies, state authorities and local self-government for 15 years with the confiscation of all his property
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